This is a ranking page for the hero Griss - Indulging Pain from the game Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). Read on to learn the best IVs (Individual Values), best builds (Inherit Skill), weapon refinement, stats at Lv 40, and more for Griss.

Griss Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	- (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Griss - Indulging Pain: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Green Tome / Infantry
Rarity	4 Star 3 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・A free-to-play unit with an exclusive weapon and a good stat spread. ・Nova has a built-in 【Canto (Ally 5)】, brave effect and warping, inflicts Atk/Res-7 and 【Sabotage】 onto multiple foes, and grants bonus Atk/Res to Griss during combat.

Griss Skills at 5★

Nova Might: 9　 Range: 2 Enables 【Canto (Ally 5)】. Grants Atk+3. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice. For each foe within 5 spaces of unit, unit can move to any of the nearest spaces that are two spaces away from that foe (unless space is impassable terrain). At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Res-7 and 【Sabotage】 on closest foes and any foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. If either unit or foe has an active 【Bonus】 or 【Penalty】 effect, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Res during combat = 20% of unit's Res at start of combat + 6.

Glacies Cooldown Count = 4 Boosts damage dealt by 80% of unit’s Res.

Mirror Strike 2 Grants Atk/Res +4 during combat if unit initiates combat.

Atk/Res Tempo 3 Inflicts Atk/Res-3 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.

Griss Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (12)		★★★★★
Spd (5)		★☆☆☆☆
Def (9)		★★☆☆☆
Res (9)		★★★★★

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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Trait Fruits—How to Change IVs

When using an Ascendant Floret, we recommend getting the next superboon if it fits the hero. If not, consider what stat your hero needs most.

Neutral IVs by default!

As a hero obtainable only through Grand Hero Battle, Griss will always have neutral IVs by default. The only way to access IVs for this unit is through using Trait Fruits.

+Atk / -Spd

The best IVs for Griss are +Atk and -Spd. Nova's brave effect allows Griss to attack twice, thus the Atk boon is very useful as the bonus Atk is applied twice through Griss's attacks.

Griss's Spd and Def are both unimportant stats that can safely take the bane. We recommend Spd as Griss's Spd is low enough where the penalty given to it by the bane will not matter against most units.

+Atk for a +10 merge

We recommend +Atk when merging Griss up to +10 to allow him to deal the most damage possible. +Res can be used when opting for a support build instead.

Griss Best Builds

Offensive Support Griss

HOT
： Nova ： Draw Back ： Flare ： Emblem Lyn	： Sly Mirror ： Atk/Res Discord ： Pulse Up：Ploy ： Atk/Res Ideal 3 ： Tempo Echo
Updated on 02/17/2025

How to Use, Explanation

This build allow Griss to stack up various penalties on his foes with Nova, Atk/Res Discord, and Pulse Up：Ploy.

Budget Griss

： Nova ： Draw Back ： Iceberg ： -	： Mirror Impact ： Atk/Res Tempo 3 ： Time's Pulse 4 ： Time's Pulse 3 ： -
Updated on 02/17/2025

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses skills easily obtainable from Divine Codes to speed up Iceberg and land a huge attack with Nova's brave effect on Griss's first attack(s).

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Griss Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
188
HP	40	Rank: 510/1213
Atk	47	Rank: 23/1213
Spd	27	Rank: 908/1213
Def	26	Rank: 732/1213
Res	48	Rank: 3/1213

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	64	31	31	52	223
Lv.40 +10	45	52	31	31	52	211

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	59	27	26	48	200
5★ Lv.40	40	47	27	26	48	188
4★ Lv.40	37	45	24	25	45	176
3★ Lv.40	36	42	23	23	43	167

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	24	5	9	9	65
4★ Lv.1	17	21	4	9	8	59
3★ Lv.1	17	17	4	8	8	54

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Griss	40	47	27	26	48	188
Rearmed Lilina	40	48	35	17	48	188
Fallen Nergal	40	45	16	39	43	183
New Year Kvasir	40	45	47	21	30	183
Rearmed Sonya	38	47	32	20	45	182
Ascended Ced	43	45	46	22	26	182
Brave Soren	40	45	34	16	47	182
Tea Tailtiu	39	42	44	21	31	177
Citrinne	38	46	27	22	44	177
Heiðr	38	45	45	29	20	177
Legendary Robin (M)	40	45	30	31	31	177
Bastian	40	44	28	20	45	177
Céline	37	41	44	17	38	177
Limstella	41	39	23	32	36	171
Arthur	40	42	41	30	18	171
Young Ilyana	40	41	30	18	42	171
Gatekeeper	41	37	17	40	36	171
Legendary Byleth (M)	40	39	41	25	21	166
Pent	40	38	39	19	30	166
Luthier	43	37	36	20	30	166
Orochi	40	40	24	24	37	165
Asbel	40	36	42	21	26	165
Young Merric	41	34	41	21	25	162
Legendary Celica	40	38	38	18	28	162
Thrasir	40	33	39	23	27	162
Ced	37	35	39	19	31	161
Lugh	37	35	36	17	31	156
Lewyn	38	34	37	17	25	151

Note: Stats bonuses from skills are not taken into account.

Griss Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Griss Roles

Griss - Indulging Pain Roles
Close-Physical	Ranged-Physical	Close-Magic	Ranged-Magic
Physical Wall	Magic Wall	Effective Weapon	Movement Assist
Exclusive Skill	All-Range Counter	Recovery	Refresher
Legendary	Mythic	Duo / Harmonized	Resplendent

Griss is a ranged magic attacker (range = 2). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Res stat.

Griss Strengths

Nova has a built-in Canto and Brave effect and warping and inflicts Sabotage onto multiple foes

Griss's exclusive Nova has built-in 【Canto (Ally 5)】, a Brave effect upon initiating combat, and a modified warping ability similar to Emblem Celica Ring which allows Griss to warp to spaces near foes up to 5 spaces away where he is in range to attack them. Both 【Canto (Ally 5)】 and the Celica Ring warping effect work well together by allowing Griss to warp in, nuke someone down, and then warp back to his allies.

At the start of each turn, Nova inflicts Atk/Res-7 and 【Sabotage】 onto the closest foes to Griss and all foes within 2 spaces of the target foes. This effect has global range, crippling the closest foes immediately and without a chance for the enemy team to avoid getting affected by these negative statuses.

In combat, if either Griss or his foe has an active 【Bonus】 or 【Penalty】 effect, Nova grants bonus to Griss's Atk/Res during combat equal to 4 + 20% of Griss's Res. In conjunction with the earlier 【Sabotage】 effect, this condition is easily met, and can be virtually guaranteed by changing Griss's equipped skills to improve his capabilities.

Griss Weaknesses

Lack of true damage and reliance on debuffs

Nova is a powerful weapon, but it lacks true damage unlike other modern day exclusive weapons.

Nova relies on having foes be crippled with status effects to increase Griss's attacking power. Despite having a Brave effect, if each attack is dealing zero to dedicated tanks, then additional attacks won't matter as each of them will deal zero.

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Griss - Indulging Pain!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Griss - Indulging Pain from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Griss - Indulging Pain is a very useful modern green tome magic tank, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Griss - Indulging Pain if your team lacks a strong modern green tome magic tank.

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Griss - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Wind	4	2	No Effect	3★
Elwind	6	2	No Effect	3★
Rexcalibur	9	2	No Effect	3★
Nova	9	2	Enables 【Canto (Ally 5)】. Grants Atk+3. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice. For each foe within 5 spaces of unit, unit can move to any of the nearest spaces that are two spaces away from that foe (unless space is impassable terrain). At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Res-7 and 【Sabotage】 on closest foes and any foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. If either unit or foe has an active 【Bonus】 or 【Penalty】 effect, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Res during combat = 20% of unit's Res at start of combat + 6.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Chilling Wind	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	3★
Glacies	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 80% of unit’s Res.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Warding Blow 1	Grants Res +2 during combat when unit initiates combat.	3★
Mirror Strike 1	Grants Atk/Res +2 during combat if unit initiates combat.	3★
Mirror Strike 2	Grants Atk/Res +4 during combat if unit initiates combat.	4★
Atk/Res Tempo 1	Inflicts Atk/Res-1 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	3★
Atk/Res Tempo 2	Inflicts Atk/Res-2 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	4★
Atk/Res Tempo 3	Inflicts Atk/Res-3 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	5★

Griss as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★☆☆☆

Griss has Mirror Strike 2 and Atk/Res Tempo 3 as inheritable options.

We recommend merging Griss instead, or just ignoring him altogether if you have other units that perform his role of a supportive debuffer.

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How to Get Griss / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Griss

Obtain through a Grand Hero Battle

Griss is a Hero who, for a limited time, can be obtained through completing a Grand Hero Battle for the first time. They do not appear in regular summons. After the event has ended, they can be obtained by using Heroic Grails.

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Jamison Boaz
Illustrator	kuren
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Engage

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